Artificial fuel.



coal, pest, and sa-Wdust-eombined DANlEL DliAlVBAUGl-l, ()l EBERLYSMILL, AND BLAKE E. GAMBLE, OF BOWidA NSDAI d PEN i LSYLVA NTA.

ARTIFJCHAL FUEL.

Specification of Letters Eratent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application fil d October 15,1906. Serial No. 339,036.

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Be it known that we, DANIEL DRAWBAITGU, l of Eherlys Mill, (.lu'nherlendcounty, Penn- 3 sylvenie, end. BLAKE E. GAMBLE, of Bow l msnsdele, CLlillllCllIlHl county, lennsylvw Ilia, hoth citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented m, sin new and useful lxnymvvements in Arti'lii 'euel and Method oi Melt-- ing the Some, of which the frdlowing is a full,I clear, and exact deserip tion.

This invention relates to e composition of matter for use as .iuel d themethod of1nixing the same to form the fuel, the main ohjeet oi theinvention being to produce an airtifioial fuel Without the aid of heatmade of eomminuted. eerlmnseeous nmterisl-- suoh as with o,

, hardening hinder and e waterproofing and :i

Weathenresisting material. l

To produce this fuel, Wt eomhine With line l carbonaceous materialhydrated sulfate of l linlesueh as anhydrous gypsum or plasterofparis asa hinder, mange-nose dioxid on oxidizer, and sutlieient water to insuread l hesion. These ingredients ioi'ni enerti'fieizil l fuel; but to makethe smne wat erprooi and s l Weather resistsntwe mix with (orspray upon)l the mass or completed blocks or hriq'uets av solution of ehrornetizedgelatin.

In the preparation. of this artificial fuel the I carbonaceous materi s1is mixed With mange nese dioxid to which is added and thououghly mixed amess of hydrated sullsto of 5 lime and eln'oinutized gelatin having:suili eient Water to insure adhesion. .h'einixed ingredients are thenpressed into hloolrs or l briquets and allowed to dry.

While the proportions of the ingredients I may be varied Within Widelimits, and it is not 5 enough elnoinutized sisting of eonnninutedcarbonaceous f desired to limit the invention to particular"DIUpOILlODS, prsotieal (lCIDOIlSlJEL'ElOII has shown that good resultsmay he hudhy the use of the following formula: eoinniinuted:a-rhonoeeous n'lsteriel, shout niuety-two per rent; hydrated sulfate oflimegihout seveh and tl'u'eealcmrths per cent; manganese d1- oxid, aboutone -iourth per cent, and Just gelatin to form a Waterprooling 514mlWeath(r-resisting costing.

l Ve claim--- l; The method of making artificial fuel, consisting: oi:oonuninuting carbonaceous material, adding; thereto and mixing therewithrnmigsnese dioxid; adding to the above a tl'loroug'hlyqnixed mess ofhydrated sulfate of lime and el'uomutized gelatin with suflieient waterto insure adhesion. then pressing the mixed ingredients into blocks orhriquet, and drying: the same.

2. The herein-deseribed artificial iuel,oo11 SiSllnfl of monnninutedearhonaeeous insterial about ninety-two per oent.,hydrsted sulfate oflime about seven and threefourths per eent., end. nnuigenese dioxid.about oneiour-th per eent. and a waterproofing and weather-ressting'algent.

'lhe herein deserihed artificial fuel, e011- mate rial shout ninetfi-two per cent, hydrated sulfete of lime shout seven 31dthree-fourthsper sent, iuengenese dioxid. about onei'ourth per eenh rd s solution oichrometized gelatin I l s V Ulllill DiMK VBAUGH. Y

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